The Lime + transit hack explained: How to get a Lime ride and 3 transit tickets for $1.66* #SEAbikes #Seattle

Sometimes I am writing a story and think, "Hey, I wonder if anyone has ever written about this before." So I do a web search and find an old story...written by me.

More good news: Sales at Pike Place Market were up 7.2% in October! Or to quote the PDA's own words the market has had "exceptional sales performance of our tenants." (pikeplacemarket.community.highbond.com/document/fd1...) 📈 So far every month of the pedestrianization pilot sales have been up!

It would be horrible for the Seattle Curbed archive to just vanish.

Just confirmed this Lime + transit hack works.

Yes, questions such as, “What are you going to do to stop this illegal war for oil, Senator?”

About 200 people are rallying in downtown Seattle to denounce U.S. military strikes on Venezuela and the kidnapping of its president Nicolás Maduro. The attacks occurred overnight and were authorized by U.S. President Donald Trump. Organizers called for a new anti-war movement to oppose the attacks.

No war on Venezuela protest: 1/3/26 Seattle, Washington 1505 Alaskan Way Overlook Walk 3:30 p.m.

The same editorial board described Seattle’s mayor raising taxes to pay for childcare as a totalitarian power grab

Another war for oil. These monsters only know greed and cruelty.

I highlighted some good and some bad things about biking in the greater Seattle area in 2025 in my latest video. Check it out: youtu.be/qr-A-UbCXOg #SEAbikes

This is your city — that means that you belong here, you have a right to be here and to live a dignified life, whatever your background and whatever your income. wilson.seattle.gov/2026/01/02/m...

Mayor Katie B. Wilson.

❤️ Yes!

You can join online for the livestream swearing-in ceremony of Seattle Mayor Katie B. Wilson. Livestream link: youtube.com/watch?v=NC98EINot1k&pp=uAQw

FREE FARES FOR NEW YEAR'S EVE: King County Metro, Sound Transit, and other transit agencies are offering FREE RIDES today. This includes buses, the light rail, Seattle Streetcar, the water taxi, and more. Details: https://bit.ly/4b3flei

Protect our precious beaches, like Golden Gardens, and skip the holiday tradition of burning trees in our parks. This New Year’s season, keep our beaches clean and safe, and choose a more environmentally friendly ways to dispose of your tree.

I hate when you’re listening to a perfectly good record and then Hey Joe comes on.

I will gladly look at your crappy sketch on the back of a napkin or read your poorly-punctuated and half-baked thought. But I will not appreciate or engage with an image you asked a plagiarism bot to generate for you or read the well-formatted bot-generated text you emailed me.

Me: Doc, I need to use the time machine to go back in time 100 years. Doc: To prevent the Great Depression? To stop Hitler before he could rise to power? Me: No, something even bigger.

Great to see @seattledot.bsky.social out on the Union St parking protected bike lanes this morning improving visibility at intersections! This is part of the Even Better Bike Lanes project @sngreenways.bsky.social has advocated for. Cc @jseattle.bsky.social @seattlebikeblog.com

Legislators need to pronounce this proposal as dead on arrival. The climate crisis is getting worse, and Trump is determined to stop climate action. We need these funds to go to build the infrastructure and services needed to reduce climate pollution - as voters made clear when they approved it.

Car crashes into coffee hut in unincorporated Gorst, outside Bremerton

Oh no! Do you need a last-minute gift for someone who likes bikes? I got you. Select local pickup (Wallingford/U District) from the Seattle Bike Blog shop! I'll be around all evening and even tomorrow. www.seattlebikeblog.com/shop/ #SEAbikes #Seattle

80% of people in the Westlake Station mezzanine have no idea which way to go.

I just Limebiked a half mile to the light rail station. It turned a 12-minute walk into a 4-minute ride and cost $1.66 after tax.

After pricing overhaul, 20-minute bike and scooter rides now cost the same as transit fare for LimePrime subscribers #SEAbikes #Seattle

1/🧵 2025 was a transformational year for walking, biking, rolling, and transit in Seattle. After years of delays, long-promised projects finally opened—thanks to sustained community advocacy. Here is a look at what opened this year 👇 www.seattlegreenways.org/get-involved...

New Post: The Fremont Bridge Should be Car-free seattletransitblog.com/2025/12/22/t...

We heard about 18th & Wabash, a brand new protected intersection planned to help keep people biking and walking safe, so we trekked out in the cold after some snow, just in time to film it before it was partially rolled back. So what's all the fuss about? www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpKJ...

Mayor-elect Wilson shakes up SDOT leadership + City needs to get back on pace to keep up with the transportation levy's demands #SEAbikes #Seattle

Foothills Trail bridges were not seriously damaged by flooding and are now open #SEAbikes

AI "news" is so fucking awful. Seattle Bike Blog has great search engine karma, so we often get "cited" in these slop stories. Here's one that just popped up about the Rad bankruptcy. Nearly all the figures in the piece are just plain wrong, but then the AI attributes the errors to us! Fuck this.

Here's my Starter Pack of AI slop-free Seattle and PNW news outlets. Please let me know if you know of more that have committed to not using AI. go.bsky.app/CgTfMoe

NEWS: Katie Wilson will swap out current interim SDOT Director Adiam Emery for a new interim Director in Angela Brady, who currently serves as head of the Office of the Waterfront and Sound Transit. A search for a permanent Director is expected next year. www.theurbanist.org/2025/12/17/k...

In case it’s helpful to @seattlebikeblog.com and others, this is my full beat by beat rundown of the ebike fire my wife and I experienced in September: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Customers set to be screwed as Rad Power Bikes files for bankruptcy + Former St. Paul Councilmember says a Rad battery fire destroyed his house #SEAbikes #Seattle

Today’s the deadline to get something from the Seattle Bike Blog shop if you want it to (most likely) arrive by mail before the 25th! www.seattlebikeblog.com/shop/

I know I said I like biking uphill in the rain, but I draw the line at so much rain that it causes historic flooding.

Sara Nelson has officially adjourned her final meeting both as a Councilmember and as President of the Seattle City Council.

You can't even buy a safe replacement battery, they're out of stock. So probably a lot of people are just continuing to use an unsafe option (myself included).

Customers set to be screwed as Rad Power Bikes files for bankruptcy + Former St. Paul Councilmember says a Rad battery fire destroyed his house #SEAbikes #Seattle

#BREAKING: New drone video from Pacific, WA, on Tuesday morning following a levee failure on the White River at Pacific City Park. Whole neighborhoods are underwater as water continues flowing out of the failed levee. #wawx #flood #drone

Evergreen MTB asks riders to stay off oversaturated trails across Western Washington #SEAbikes #Seattle

The Burke-Gilman Missing Link would like a word.

I ask anyone else with information on the hit and run or video of the area near the intersection of Beacon Ave. S and S Stevens St. from late Saturday night to early Sunday morning to please contact the Seattle Police Seattle Police Traffic Collision Investigation Squad at 206-684-8923.

Thank you to neighbors & activists who held a vigil last night, raising the visibility of this tragic crime. We must shine a spotlight on traffic safety — thankfully the vigil resulted in a nearby business coming forward to share potentially helpful video footage with SPD officers on the scene.

I was so sad to hear about the death of a cyclist due to a hit-and-run on Beacon Ave. Allie was a beloved community member, avid biker, & advocate for safer transit & streets. My condolences to their family and friends. But condolences are hollow if we don’t take action to prevent the next tragedy.

While we don’t yet know all the details of this tragedy, we do know that we can save lives through better street design. Making our streets safer, especially for the most vulnerable road users — people walking, biking, and rolling — will be a high priority for my administration. #VisionZero.

Early Sunday morning, a driver struck and killed a 38-year-old named Allie who was biking across Beacon Ave S. The driver fled the scene. As a lifelong cyclist who’s had my share of close calls, my heart goes out to Allie’s family and friends.